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TTMI Consulting Ltd. is a business consulting company that has been active since 2010. It works with entities from the entire spectrum of economic activity, in Greece and in over 15 countries abroad.
About us
Since 2010, TTMI has been offering consulting services to businesses and agencies/organizations of the public, social and private sectors, focusing mainly on the field of Technology Transfer.
Its main activity is the support and management of innovative development plans for businesses, public and social economy bodies.
TTMI executives use their accumulated collective knowledge, skills and experience in the fields of:
- Adoption of new technologies
- Increasing competitiveness by harnessing innovation
- Development of innovative products and services
- Support and financing of investment initiatives
- Facilitating the operation of new businesses
- Support extroversion
- Youth entrepreneurship development
- Support for collaborations / synergies between SMEs / organizations (clusters)
- Supporting local/regional development and highlighting local and regional competitive advantages
- Support of research projects and collaborations of research and entrepreneurship bodies
- Promotion and support of innovative collaborative social entrepreneurship schemes to support specific groups and sectors at local and national level.
- Support of businesses and organizations through the reorganization of functions and the continuous upgrading and improvement of operating procedures
Our Approach
Our Approach
TTMI values, respects and encourages every creative aspect of entrepreneurship, always seeking solutions that increase the competitiveness, efficiency and effectiveness of organizations, as well as the quantitative and qualitative scope of their activities.
It functions as a place of gathering and organizing all the necessary resources, experiences, skills needed to form a – critical for counseling – “institutional memory”.
Trust us
TTMI executives use their accumulated collective knowledge, skills and experience for the benefit of their clients.
Meet the team
Consultant
With many years of experience as an administrative and financial management executive and having studied at the Dental School of the National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens, Nour Hamad currently works as a Consultant for TTMI, with a particular focus on projects
technology transfer and development, the support of investment plans and the implementation of European projects for businesses and
organizations.
She holds the Cambridge International Diploma in Business Organization and Environment, Effective Business Communication, Marketing
and ICT.
Consultant
Dr. Ioanna Kostopoulou is a Chemical Engineer with a Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) (2016) and a Master's Degree in "Isolation, Development, Production, and Analysis of Bioactive Natural Products" from the Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) (2018). In July 2022, she earned her Ph.D. in Engineering from the School of Chemical Engineering at NTUA, with a dissertation titled "Synthesis of novel heterocyclic analogs and evaluation of their anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity."
Dr. Kostopoulou was awarded a scholarship for doctoral research by the Eugenides Foundation (2017–2019) and, in 2022, received the "Iakovos Giourouklian" Award for the 2nd Best Industrially Relevant Doctoral Thesis.
Dr. Kostopoulou has participated in and been recognized in several innovation competitions, including the NOYNOY Idea Challenge (2021), the Proof of Concept program by NTUA's Technology Transfer Office (2024), and the Her Research program of the Hellenic Association of Women Entrepreneurs (SEGE) (2024). She is also a finalist in the 14th Innovation & Technology Competition of the NBG Business Seeds program by the National Bank of Greece, which is currently ongoing.
Since 2019, Dr. Kostopoulou has worked as a researcher at the School of Chemical Engineering, NTUA, contributing to research projects under Greece's Operational Program "Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation (EPAnEK)" of the NSRF 2014–2020 (Action "Research-Create-Innovate") and to European Union-funded research and innovation programs such as Horizon Europe and LIFE. She also has significant experience in the management and coordination of research projects, taking on similar responsibilities within the aforementioned programs.
In September 2021, she worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Porto, Portugal, as part of the COST Action CA18224 GREENERING, focusing on green alternative solvents.
Her published work includes 10 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (h-index: 7) and more than 30 presentations at international and Greek conferences.
Senior Consultant
Panagiotis Papantonopoulos has been practicing as a business consultant since 1990. For the last 10 years, he has been dealing with the identification/evaluation, documentation/patenting and commercialization of cutting-edge technologies, research and academic centers of countries of the former Soviet Union, as well as with the creation of infrastructure (incubators, technological centers, etc.) for the support and development of cutting-edge enterprises mainly within the framework of World Bank and European Union programs.
His consulting experience also includes business restructuring in the context of projects financed by the World Bank (5 years), Project Management Office Organization studies for Greek companies (2 years), investment studies - business plans for the expansion of Greek Companies abroad.
He has 12 years of experience working in engineering consulting companies (Canada – Greece) in the defense industry and in high technology companies (Greece – Armenia).
He has taught for 3 years as a Full University Professor at the School of Management Studies (UQAM-Montreal) and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Montreal), a Master’s degree in Structural Environmental Design (Montreal), and a degree of Architectural Engineering (Architect).
Kostas Ledakis was born and raised in Chania. He studied Organization and Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE). He started as an assistant accountant at the company Vianex S.A. and then worked for a decade as a certified auditor at Grant Thornton Greece.
Ηe also served as the CEO of Ecosoft SA, Mind Solutions SA, and Financial Deployment Services SA.
In 2014 he obtained the license of a real estate broker and founded Real Estate Consulting. In addition, he was the Director of the Chania Development Company (ETAN) for 1 year.
He specializes in investment properties and speaks English and German. Additionally, he is an experienced user of computer tools as well as the IDEA program (data processing and control program).
Finally, he is a member of S.O.E.L. (Corporate Chartered Accountants).
Elpida Tsitsiridis holds a degree in Economics from the Demokriteio University of Thrace with a postgraduate specialization in Organization and Business Administration from the Technical University of Crete, specifically the Department of Production and Management Engineering. During her studies, she was a member of the Financial Management Laboratory, where she was involved in numerous studies and publications in prestigious international journals and scientific conferences.
As an executive in the banking sector, for more than 6 years she was an analyst of the Cooperative's Risk Management Unit
Bank of Chania. In 2014, he became an adviser to the Mayor on economic issues and development in the Municipality of Chania.
For almost 2 years she served as Deputy Mayor of Chania with responsibilities for Organization and Planning, IT, European etc.
Programs and in addition Tourism and Culture.
Since 2021 she has been engaged in business consulting with a particular interest in new investments, market analysis, and
risk management.
Othonas Charalambakis is a graduate of the Departments of History and Archeology of the University of Crete (majoring in Ancient and Medieval History) and Communication and Media of Panteion University.
He has significant experience in public administration, having served as a NPDD commander (in NHS Health units) and as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Municipal Public Benefit Enterprise (NPID).
He has also served as an advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, with the main responsibility of participating in the planning and monitoring of the implementation of the agreements of the Greek government and the EU tripartite scheme (troika). - E.K.T.-D.N.T. during the period 2009-2011.
Dr. Nikos Stefanakis is Associate Consultant for Energy, Sustainability and Innovation issues. He graduated from the School of Chemical Engineering of the E.M.P in 2002, while he prepared and completed his Doctoral Thesis at the E.M.P in 2009. Dr. Stefanakis has extensive experience in design, mathematical modeling and process optimization (with an emphasis on solar energy utilization processes).
In the last 20 years he has collaborated with various companies, research centers and universities in a wide range of European and National Research and Development Programs (FP5, FP6, FP7, HORIZON2020, INTERREG, XM-EEA, NSRF) and has participated in more than 40 research and development projects in various roles (coordination, management, scientific contribution, utilization of results).
He has co-authored 14 scientific articles and authored numerous technical/scientific reports and deliverables. He has taught computer programming, solar energy utilization technologies and life cycle analysis in undergraduate and graduate courses.
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